On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 16:28 -0700, David wrote: > ----- "Bryan O'Neal" wrote: > > > My hosts file has only one entry > > 127.0.0.1 ip-myip.ip.secureserver.net ip-myip > > localhost.secureserver.net localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > Yeah, thats not right. Change it to: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > xx.xx.xxx.x your.real.fqdn hostname > > > replace the xx's and names as appropriate. > > It always irked me that redhat did that. (not bashing. I prefer RH for a lot of things. I just > don't like that 1 particular thing) ---- that depends upon which tools you use but in reality, it makes little difference. It's the same machine and it's more secure if it refers to it's own daemons at 127.0.0.1 but I am somewhat anal about these things myself and do set it the same way you do. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss